JPH01122494A - Prepaid type magnetic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To reduce a manufacturing cost of a magnetic card by magnetically recording a balance after a price is paid, and visibly displaying an amount as a standard of the balance on a deformed part of a surface of the card. CONSTITUTION: A printing ink layer 13 is provided together with a pictorial character for an advertisement on a thermoplastic sheet 12 having a thickness of 0.1 to 0.25 mm of the magnetic card 11 for a telephone set, and a numeric character row 14 for displaying a standard amount is provided on it. The telephone set using the card 11 has a punch 15B wound with a heater 15A and a die 15C, and, after a speech is finished, a protrusion 16 having a height of 0.5 to 1 mm is formed at a suitable position of the row 14 of the card 11. A balance of the card 11 as a standard can be known by the protrusion 16. The punch 15B and the die 15C for forming the protrusion 16 are hardly worn. And, since no punching chip is generated, maintenance of the telephone set is simple.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention involves acquiring a predetermined fee in advance, magnetically recording the remaining amount by processing the payment for the purchased item, and recording the remaining amount. The present invention relates to a prepaid magnetic card in which at least a guideline amount is visibly displayed.

[Conventional technology]

A telephone car F1 shown in FIG. 10 is well known as this type of magnetic card. In the figure, a telephone card 1 has a charge of 500 yen for a call magnetically recorded thereon, and can be obtained by paying a fee of 500 yen. Then, each time you make a call using the card-type telephone, the remaining amount of money you can make is magnetically recorded, and the estimated amount of the remaining amount can be determined by punching holes 3 at appropriate positions on the pre-printed mathematical string 2. shown. This allows the owner to know how many calls will be possible in the future.

Also known as magnetic cards are a pachinko ball rental card 5 shown in FIG. 11, and a card 6 shown in FIG. 12, which is used in place of a transportation ticket. As a method of displaying the remaining amount of these cards, in the ball rental card 5, the mathematical string 2 displayed in advance on the heat-sensitive ink coating part 7 on the card surface.
The standard amount of the remaining amount is thermally printed as a mark 8 at an appropriate position, and the card 6 is the same as the telephone card 1 except that the remaining amount is thermally printed as a number 9 on the heat-sensitive ink coating section 7. be.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

By the way, in conventional magnetic cards, those that indicate the estimated amount using the punch hole 3 require maintenance, for example, in order to collect punch scraps that accumulate in the telephone, and to replace the worn blade of the punching die for the punch hole 3. On the other hand, in the case of thermally printing the remaining amount or its approximate amount with the number 9 or mark 8, the production cost of the magnetic card becomes extremely high because the heat-sensitive ink application part 7 must be formed on the magnetic card. was there.

The object of the present invention is to provide a prepaid magnetic card that is inexpensive to manufacture and can easily display the remaining amount on the magnetic card so that no scraps are generated.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a predetermined payment amount is magnetically recorded, the remaining amount after payment processing is magnetically recorded, and an amount that is at least a guideline for the remaining amount. In a prepaid magnetic card in which the remaining amount is visually displayed, the remaining amount (also referred to as an approximate amount) is displayed by forming a deformed part on the surface of the card, and the deformed part is formed by, for example, a protrusion on the surface. A mark shall be placed by scratching or scratching.

[Effect]

Maintenance is easy because no cutting die is used to display the remaining balance on the magnetic card, and no scraps are produced.Also, since it leaves a mark like a scratch, the heat-sensitive ink applied part of the magnetic card can be removed, reducing production costs. can.

〔Example〕

1 to 9 show embodiments of the present invention, and parts common or identical to those in FIGS. 10 to 12 are designated by the same reference numerals.

First, in FIGS. 1 and 2 showing a first embodiment of the present invention, numeral 11 is a magnetic card for a card-type telephone set, which is placed on a thermoplastic sheet 12 having a thickness of 0.1 to 0.25 m. Printing ink layer 1 printed with advertising pictograms
3 and a number string 14 for displaying the standard amount above it.

A telephone using this magnetic card 11 includes a punch 15B wrapped with a heater 15A and a die 15C as shown in FIG.
After the end of the call, a protrusion 16 with a height of 0.5 to 1 crane is formed at an appropriate position of the number string 14 of the magnetic card 11. This protrusion 16 allows even a visually impaired person to know the remaining amount of money on the magnetic card 11 as a guide. Protrusion 1
The punch 15B and die 15G used to form the telephone 6 have almost no wear and do not produce any scraps, so maintenance of the telephone is extremely easy. By using the thermoplastic sheet 12, the magnetic card 11 is prevented from being intentionally used by restoring the protrusion. It is also possible to use a plastic sheet or cardboard other than thermoplastic, but in this case, the intentional use can be prevented by using a printing ink that causes cracks 17 as well as the formation of protrusions 16 on the printing ink layer 13. can.

Next, in FIGS. 4 and 5 showing a second embodiment of the present invention, 21 is a magnetic card for renting pachinko balls, and the thickness is 0.
．． 1 ~ 0.41 Magnetic layer 23 of 0.1 ~ 0.2 mm on one side of the plastic sheet 22, and further on top of that 4 ~
A protective film 24 of 6 μm is provided, and a printing ink layer 13 is printed on the other side with advertising pictograms, etc., and a numeric string 14 for displaying a guideline price is further formed on the printing ink layer 13.

The ball lending machine using this magnetic card 21 has a drawing device 25 inside the machine, which causes the needle 25I3 to scratch the printing ink layer 13 of the magnetic card 21 by rotating the spindle 25A, as shown in FIG. In preparation, after lending out the balls, draw a small circle 26 at an appropriate position of the number string 14 on the magnetic card 21. Therefore, the small circle 26 becomes a mark indicating the amount remaining on the magnetic card 21 as a guide.

The marks on the surface indicate a plurality of parallel needles 25B shown in FIG.
A plurality of short lines 27 are drawn by a drawing machine 25 having a
As shown in Fig. 8, the bar 28A is heated with a heater 2BB and pressed with a circular or rectangular mark 29 formed by bending or discoloring printing ink 7513, or a laser beam oscillator is installed inside the machine. Printing ink JW with laser light
It is also possible to mark the mark 13 in various shapes such as a circular shape or a rectangular shape.

Further, a third embodiment is shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the remaining amount 32 generated each time the magnetic card 31 is used is printed in advance on the surface of the printing ink layer 13 of a magnetic card 31 formed in the same manner as the magnetic card 21. When used, a small circle 26, for example, is drawn at an appropriate position indicating the remaining amount after use by the method shown in the second embodiment. As a result, the remaining amount of money on the magnetic card 31 is displayed.

Since the magnetic cards 21 and 31 do not require a heat-sensitive ink coating section, they can be manufactured at extremely low cost. Further, by adding a mark indicating the remaining amount or the remaining amount as a guide, the amount of the printing ink layer 13 that is scraped off is extremely small, and there is almost no effect on the maintenance of, for example, a ball lending machine that uses a magnetic card.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to this invention, at least the estimated remaining amount is displayed by forming a deformed part on the surface of the card, which makes it possible to significantly reduce the manufacturing cost of magnetic cards, and For example, in devices such as telephones that use cutting dies to display the remaining amount of money, maintenance of the devices can be performed much more easily than in the past.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a magnetic card showing a first embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a device for forming protrusions, and Fig. 4 is a second embodiment. 5th front view of the magnetic card showing
The figure is also a side view, Figures 6, 7 and 8 are explanatory diagrams explaining different mechanisms for drawing marks, and Figure 9 is an explanatory diagram explaining different mechanisms for drawing marks.
The figure shows the third embodiment. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 9. Figure 10.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) A predetermined payment amount is magnetically recorded, and the remaining amount after processing the payment is magnetically recorded, and at least a guideline amount of the remaining amount is visually displayed. 1. A prepaid magnetic card, characterized in that at least an estimated amount of the remaining amount is displayed by forming a deformed portion on the surface of the card. 2) In the magnetic card according to claim 1,
A prepaid magnetic card with a deformed part as a protrusion. 3) In the magnetic card according to claim 1,
A prepaid magnetic card in which the deformed part is a mark of an appropriate shape scratched on the surface.